New releases: Tor.com (horror/genre-benders , YA SFF , scifi , fantasy ), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (new nonfiction , SFF , horror , manga , books out this week , mysteries/thrillers , comics/graphic novels ), Gizmodo (SFF and horror)
Linkity from Smart Bitches . And from last week .Linkity from BookWyrm Knits .“28 fascinating, fun facts about books and reading “.
The Good Omens 2 trailer is finally out! The title sequence was released last week .Tips for dealing with wildfire smoke, including (at the end) a link to how to make your own air purifier .“The Barbie movie is so pink, it cause a global paint shortage “.
Miniature yarn shop .Gluten-free strawberry rhubarb crisp .Dairy-free chocolate ganache .That floor !Converted knitting mill .An actual castle .House made of corrugated metal .Pseudo lighthouse in Minnesota .The corner window is awesome !Very airy feeling .Very cozy .Very unusual .That’s quite the condo .I kind of love the green bathroom .Wee castle esque off-grid .Castle esque Tudorbethan .My favorite part was Bill the Cat .The Brady Bunch house. The inside is a surprise .Perspective is hard .There’s something funny going on at the bottom of these .Hmm .Spectacularly stupid place for a laundry chute .“Jenga stairs “.
Nope .At least they look cushiony so it might hurt less when you tumble down them .You’ll need to be flexible for these .“The fault in our stairs “.
Whoops .
(She will get brushed! And she will get Churu!)
New releases: Tor.com (horror & genre-benders , scifi , fantasy , YA SFF ), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best books out this week , mysteries/thrillers , graphic novels/comics , horror , romance , SFF )
Linkity from Smart Bitches .I hope more states ban book bans .Time loop ficlet .I didn’t see the ending of this ficlet coming .Another ficlet !“A post about home and moving on “.
Learn about Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966 – she had to do so via stealth .“Lego recreated a VHS copy of The Little Mermaid from plastic bricks “.
Virtually visit the various starship bridges of Star Trek .:blink blink : (It’s a real product .)Disconcerting furniture .It works .I don’t hate this – it looks cozy and efficient .Cool, but too folksy for me .Not even close to a tree house .As OP notes, you’d need a riding vacuum cleaner .Dang, they couldn’t stretch the carpet for that price ?Has a stripper pole .Funky, with dangerous tub steps .Converted bank with dubious loft stairs .A very large bed and headboard were removed from the main bedroom, leaving a hot mess .No one will ever notice! “Doesn’t anyone believe in railings anymore? “
Did they just give up on the bottom stair or what ?Huh. They look squishy .
Reviewettes Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores , edited by Greg Ketter. Pretty good collection of short stories about bookstores. Seemed a little heavy on the horror (do not like), but I enjoyed the stories anyway.Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Vera Wong grows on you until you’re suddenly, unexpectedly fully invested. Recommended.
New releases: Tor.com (horror & genre-benders , YA SFF , SF , fantasy ), Book Riot (mysteries/thrillers/true crime , comics/graphic novels , romance , best books out this week , SFF ), Smart Bitches (romance)
Linkity from Smart Bitches .Linkity from BookWyrm Knits .The background of #gnu terry pratchett .A good ficlet .Trivia from The Matrix (1999) .Interactive map of Mars .Cement factory conversion .Cool, but not a treehouse .If only they’d turned that pseudo tower into a real one .That’s too many kitchenettes. Put some back .A condo with a trippy bathroom .Built into rocks and has a terrible kitchen .Stupid stairs to a tiny tub .Hope you’re never in a hurry .:blink blink: At least there’s a good reason for these dangerous stairs .
New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Tor.com (YA SFF), Gizmodo (SFF, horror), Book Riot (best out this week)
Linkity from Smart Bitches .“20 newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories will be published this year “.
Oh, Kurt, we’re really in it now .“Jimmy Carter’s Presidency was not what you think “.
Learn about starfish .xkcd tries to spare us all an annoyance . (Hover cursor/long-press for alt text/caption.)“Should you warm up your car before driving? “
“Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? “
“Size difference between prehistoric animals and modern descendants “.
You’ll never guess who invented the cat flap .“16 baking recipes that don’t require eggs “. (I’ve made the chocolate crazy/wacky cake before and it’s delicious.)
“There’s a Napoleonic Man of War simulator “.
A mini choose-your-own-adventure game called “Escape the Wizard Dungeon” .Competitive hobbyhorsing .Cake batter donut-flavored iced coffee from Dunkin’ .“Autism causes vaccines! “
(As an aside, I know, tumblr has started doing this “you gotta log in to see the rest of this post” thing for long posts. UGH. On the bright side, you can quickly create a tumblr account to do so… and it won’t be as creepy as creating most social media accounts is.)
What a $50 million house in Utah looks like inside .Simultaneously simple yet ornate .Remodeled Victorian that barely looks Victorian inside anymore .Still has that Tudor feel .I got stuck on the red bathroom .Very colorful !Huh .No, thank you, I do not want to live over a highway .I would definitely fall off one of the edges .:blink blink :
I guess if you’re going to die falling down the stairs, these are at least lovely .
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Art journaling, reading, knitting, and cat parenting. It's a wild life.
These two! I kept Harry isolated until the pain killer wore off, which was sometime on Tuesday. Started trying to reintegrate him yesterday. Mayhem took it in stride and was pretty much, “Whatever, he’s still a jerk.” Polly kept hissing and growling at him – in the photo above (in which Harry is expertly hiding his shaved spots), Polly’s growling at him because he twitched or something equally offensive. :EYE ROLL:
Mayhem in contemplation.
Chatty Polly, with her brother nowhere in sight.
